Compiling vim from source

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sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libgnome2-dev libgnomeui-dev libgtk2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libbonoboui2-dev \
libcairo2-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev python-dev ruby-dev mercurial checkinstall

hg clone https://code.google.com/p/vim/
cd vim

./configure --with-features=huge \
            --enable-rubyinterp \
            --enable-pythoninterp \
            --with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7/config-x86_64-linux-gnu/ \
            --enable-perlinterp \
            --enable-gui=gtk2 --enable-cscope --prefix=/usr

make VIMRUNTIMEDIR=/usr/share/vim/vim74
#sudo make install
sudo checkinstall

 sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor /usr/bin/vim 1
 sudo update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim
 sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vi vi /usr/bin/vim 1
 sudo update-alternatives --set vi /usr/bin/vim